Varieties of Portuguese

Code:

CL028

Acronym:

VPORT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Portuguese Lingustics

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	7	CL - Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162
EPL	18	Study Plan	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To reflect on the variation phenomenon as an inherent property of natural languages; to describe some aspects of linguistic variation in European Portuguese at various levels; to compare European Portuguese with the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, Angola and Mozambique. To understand the nature of creoles, specifically Portuguese-based creoles.

Learning outcomes and competences

 

At the end of the curricular unit, students should understand variation as an inherent property of natural languages; to describe some aspects of linguistic variation in European Portuguese at various levels; to compare European Portuguese with the Portuguese spoken in Brazil, Angola and Mozambique; to understand the nature of creoles, specifically Portuguese-based creoles.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1 – General issues about variation: 1.1 - The variation of languages in the world; 1.2 - Variation and change; 1.3 Diatopic or geographical variation, diastratic or social variation, diaphasic or situational variation; 1.4 - The oral and the written register; 2 – Main contemporary Portuguese dialects: 2.1 – Mainland European dialects; 2.2 – Insular European dialects; 2.3 – Extra-European dialects; 2.4 - The case of Mirandese; 2.5 - The case of Galician. 3 – Some variation and change phenomena in contemporary European Portuguese 3.1. Phonological variations in progress 3.2 – Foreign loan words 3.3 – The orthographic issue 4 – European Portuguese /Brazilian Portuguese: some phonetic differences 4.1 – Unstressed vowels; 4.2 – Syllable codas; 4.3 – Assimilation of palatal fricatives; 4.4 – Palatisation. 5 - Brazilian Portuguese; some syntactic properties 5.1 – Reduction of inflected paradigms, use of pronominal forms as argument subjects and weak inversion of the subject; 5.2 - The lack of the “Q” movement and inversion in interrogatives; 5.3 - Loss of inflected infinitive; 5.4 – The tendency to use proclisis and loss of clitics; 5.5 – Relatives with “resumptive pronouns” and “pied-piping”. 5.6. – The presence / absence of the article. 6 – The situation of Portuguese language in Africa 6.1. Some historical and sociological information about the Portuguese language in Angola and Mozambique 6.2 – Some morphological and syntactic aspects that distinguish the Portuguese language in Angola: 6.2.1. Changes in the pronominal system 6.2.2. Changes in the agreement system 6.2.2. Expression of the indirect object 6.3 – Some morphological and syntactic aspects that distinguish the Portuguese language in Mozambique: 6.3.1 - The unstable expression of the pronominal subject and the tendency towards the weakening of verbal flexion; 6.3.2 - Tendency to the transitivisation of verbs and of constructions with a double object; passive form with intransitive verbs; 6.3.3 - Tendency to use proclisis in simple sentences; 6.3.4 - Instability in the use of the inflected infinitive; 6.3.5 - Relatives with “resumptive pronouns” and “pied-piping”; 6.3.6 - Complement clauses with “para que” / “de que”. 7. Creoles and Portuguese-based creoles. 7.1. General issues on creoles. 7.2. The Cape Vert creole.

Mandatory literature

Cristóvão, F. et alii (coord.); Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia, ACLUS, Lisboa, Texto Editores, 2005. ISBN: 972-47-2935-4
Cuesta, P. e Mendes da Luz, M.A.; Gramática da Língua Portuguesa (trad. port. do original espanhol de 1971), Edições 70, 1980. ISBN: não tem
Ferreira, M. B. et al.; “Variação linguística: perspectiva dialectológica”, in Faria, Isabel Hub et al. (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística geral e Portuguesa, pp. 479-502 , Caminho, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Gonçalves, P. ; “Aspectos da Sintaxe do Português de Moçambique”, in Faria, Isabel H. et al. (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, pp. 313-322. , Caminho, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Inverno. L.; Angola’s transition to Vernacular Portuguese, Diss. de Mestrado, Universidade de Coimbra., 2005
Luchesi, D. e T. Lobo; "Aspectos da Sintaxe do Português Brasileiro" in Faria, I. H. et al. (orgs.) Introdução à Linguística Geral e Portuguesa, pp. 303-311. , Caminho, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-21-1048-9
Mateus, M.H. e Bacelar do Nascimento, F. (orgs.); A Língua Portuguesa em Mudança, Caminho, Lisboa, 2005. ISBN: 972-21-1724-6
Mateus, M.H. e Cardeira, E. ; O Essencial sobre Língua Portuguesa. Norma e Variação, Caminho, Lisboa, 2007. ISBN: 978-972-21-1953-5
Raposo, E.P.; “Algumas observações sobre a noção de língua portuguesa”, Boletim de Filologia 29, p. 592., 1984
Raposo, E.P. et al ; Gramática do Português, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2013. ISBN: ISBN 978-972-31-1457-7
SILVA, Rosa Virgínia Mattos e; “O português são dois (variação, mudança, norma e a questão do ensino do português no Brasil)”, in Duarte, Inês & Leiria, Isabel (orgs) Actas do Congresso Internacional sobre o Português, pp.375-401. , APL, Colibri, Lisboa, 1996. ISBN: 972-8288-36-0
Teyssier, Paul; História da Língua Portuguesa (trad. port. do original francês de 1980), Liv. Sá da Costa, 1990. ISBN: não tem
Vários; Variação linguística, no espaço, no tempo e na sociedade, Actas do Encontro Regional da APL , Associação Portuguesa de Linguística / Edições Colibri, 1993. ISBN: 972-8047-73-8

Comments from the literature

Other literature will be indicated by the lecturer at the beginning of the academic year.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theory classes; practical classes; tutorials.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	106,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Two written tests counting for 50% and a final exam-50%.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.